592 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781439181713
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 16 November 2010
Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances th...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,753 reviews
Moods
challenging 41%
reflective 40%
hopeful 32%
inspiring 28%
emotional 24%
sad 15%
dark 8%
funny 1%
mysterious 1%
tense 1%
Pace
medium 35%
fast 1%
Average rating
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Graphic
Cancer, Death, Medical contentModerate
Sexism, Injury/injury detail, AddictionMinor
Infertility, Gore, Homophobia
592 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781439181713
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 16 November 2010
Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances th...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,753 reviews
Moods
challenging 41%
reflective 40%
hopeful 32%
inspiring 28%
emotional 24%
sad 15%
dark 8%
funny 1%
mysterious 1%
tense 1%
Pace
medium 35%
fast 1%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Cancer, Death, Medical contentModerate
Sexism, Injury/injury detail, AddictionMinor
Infertility, Gore, Homophobia